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Reflections: Faith, deeds, or both?
James doesn’t say that works, or deeds, bring salvation; rather, that they are the result of it.

Cynthia J. Thomas
2 min read


Breakfast at Tiffany's: Behold the Lamb
Biblical types are not intended to be allegorical, nor were they simply symbols made up in the minds of the authors.

Tiffany Gravett
3 min read


Been Thinkin' About...The Green Man
Nights of cold slowed the growth, holding back the forest until it burgeoned seemingly all at once

Joshua Heston
3 min read


Love and Parenting: Do not live a child centered life
I pray that I’m the kind of mother who never withholds hard truth when they need to hear it or love when they need to feel it.

Heather Haygood
4 min read


Dave Says: The lesser of two evils
Should we take out a personal loan to take care of this, or set up payments with the IRS?

Dave Ramsey
2 min read


Stock Market Insights: Tech earnings – Mixed results and post-pandemic shift
Investors are focusing this week on big tech earnings from Tesla, Meta (Facebook/Instagram), Alphabet, and Microsoft.

Dr. Richard Baker
3 min read


Train Up a Child: Create memories on Memorial Day
Children love it when parents take time to play with them. There are many benefits associated...

Pat Lamb
3 min read


Outdoors with Larry Dablemont: The river – diversity
And if you set a trotline baited with live bait, you will have a good chance of catching a big flathead catfish at night.

Larry Dablemont
3 min read


The Ant Chronicles
I wipe fifteen to thirty of them away with a damp cloth, to their drowning demise – down the drain . . . at least a hundred times now.

Lauri Lemke Thompson
2 min read


Reflections: Listen, and then do
I spent a lot of time on v. 22: “But be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”

Cynthia J. Thomas
2 min read


Area Entertainment: Entertaining and fun history night
I attended the Society of Ozarkian Hillcrofters talk featuring Tom Koob, author of the book “Buried by Table Rock Lake.” He discussed how..

Luanna Fullerton
4 min read


Memories from the Homestead: Old Tucson is back!
Old Tucson was constructed in 1939 by Columbia Pictures for the film "Arizona," which starred Jean Arthur and William Holden.

John Fullerton
3 min read
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Been Thinkin' About...Raspberry [licorice] tea
Much like the weather, I too, was stuck in a strange limbo then, somewhere between man and boy and not knowing quite what to do with either.

Joshua Heston
3 min read


Dave Says: The walking debt
I received a letter about a credit card I had in 2020. The amount owed is $7,688. The letter doesn’t say I’m being sued...

Dave Ramsey
2 min read


The downside of Type A personality
Quite often, there are negative personality traits that go along with some of the traits that seem to “accomplish the impossible.”

Jody Johnson Godfrey
2 min read


'Don't worry, be happy!'
There are two categories of worriers…the “Trainables” and the “Untrainables (a.k.a. Lost Causes).

Jody Johnson Godfrey
2 min read


Outdoors with Larry Dablemont: 'Let Your will be done'
Norten has been gone for a dozen years, but I still feel like he is there with me at times when I am fishing alone.

Larry Dablemont
3 min read


Train Up a Child: Time to plan the summer with the kids
Summer provides an opportunity to spend more time with the children and teach them things that are not taught at school.

Pat Lamb
2 min read
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Memories from the Homestead: Bob Nolan's early life, 1922 - 1931 [part 2]
While in high school Clarence joined the Arion Club, a men's glee club group. Here he gained a knowledge of singing vocal harmony...

John Fullerton
3 min read


Reader's Corner: Stay informed about Launch Stone County
Created in 2023, the initiative involves over 150 Stone County residents.

Cynthia J. Thomas
1 min read
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